Bradford

Where Bradford comes from

* Various place names in England, from Old English brād (“broad”) + ford (“ford”). * (shaken martini)
— Wiktionary's entry for Bradford
  • 2 syllables
Bradford through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #909 among boys, with 5 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1930
    Bradford Dillman born
    American actor
  3. 1953
    Peak, #240
    779 babies named Bradford, the most in any year.
  4. 1977
    Bradford Young born
    American cinematographer
  5. 1986
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #437.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly American usage.
Namesakes
  • Bradford Dillman · American actor, 1930–2018
  • Bradford Young · American cinematographer, born 1977
  • Bradford Jamieson IV · American professional soccer player, born 1996
  • Bradford Parkinson · American systems engineer and developer of global positioning system, born 1935
  • Bradford Washburn · American explorer, mountaineer, photographer, and cartographer, 1910–2007

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.